Event Details

Event ID
191175
Target
Teylas Ramar
Award
Emerald Dagger
Quantity
1
Requested by
Howlader Taldrya
Primary reason

Teylas has been my Praetor for almost two and a half years now, and it has been just about a year and a half since his last recognition for all the fantastic work he does every single day for the Master at Arms office. The MAA Office is a little different from other DC offices, our large projects (or even any projects) come once every few years – and little projects are once or twice a year. The real work of the MAA Office comes in the day to day work of approving and denying medal requests, processing appointments and resignations, managing competitions (and manually editing competitions) – and knowing the nuances of our database to make competitions work (for instance, switching competition archetypes to allow manual addition of participants, and then switching it back). The biggest contribution Teylas’ has made, and truly – every magistrate, praetor and MAA makes – are the discussions that occur among the staff about medals and promotions. That happens with every single sacramental award (and many of the merit), every equite and higher promotion – that is where the bulk of the work occurs. And for Teylas? He does it in spades.

Teylas has offered opinions on medal or promotion recommendations that are sometimes in line with my own to verify my own lack of senility. Sometimes though, he demonstrates that I am off my game – or I have not considered a position or opinion. Or sometimes? Sometimes I am just flat out wrong – and Teylas points it out and corrects me. For all of that? I am forever grateful.

In his time in the MAA Office, Teylas has processed hundreds of promotion, medal, and competition approvals and denials (mostly approvals). He has manually edited many competitions when people made a mistake (or when one of us does), he has helped write reports, policy changes (spoiler alert: new ones are coming soon), and he has attempted to (and he has succeeded) guide a new generation of DBers in how to medal well, how to promote well, and how to host competitions well. In short? Teylas has been a model Praetor – and I look forward to his assistance as we move on towards the next large scale Master of Arms project – and our continuing efforts to make the Brotherhood’s recognition system more effective, more far, and more inclusive for our membership.

For Teylas’ efforts over the past year and a half in making our system work better – it is my pleasure to award him this green stabby thing. Congratulations!

Howlader Taldrya, 2019-06-06 18:28:03 UTC
Additional reasons

During his time with Clan Plagueis, Teylas was always an asset whether he had a formal leadership position or not. He’s always stepped up to the plate to do things when things needed doing and we’re all grateful for that. During his most recent stint in clan leadership, Teylas took on the role of Rollmaster in which he served as an advisor to the clan summit. His insight was invaluable as always and helped us along into a Great Jedi War.

Teylas’ most important recent contribution to Clan Plagueis came not in a formal leadership role, but in helping to run a major event. The ‘Pro Bowl’ has not only become a staple of Clan Plagueis, but is slowly becoming more popular outside the clan as well. In it’s most recent iteration, which included Clans Taldryan and Scholae Palatine, Teylas took point on the execution of the three week long event. His attention to detail made sure the event ran smoothly despite having a large number of both events and participants. Teylas directly managed a week of the event while also guiding the other co-organizers in their portions of the event. He helped make this most recent Pro Bowl the best event in the series so far and one that we’ll remember for a long time.

In closing, I just want to reiterate that no matter what capacity he happens to be in at the time, Teylas was always an asset to the clan and I, for one, still appreciate that. He fully deserves all the accolades he receives and want to thank him again for his efforts.

Grand Inquisitor Arden Karn di Plagia, 2019-06-06 18:27:57 UTC